New AI Art Tools Help Artists Protect Their Work, But More Protections Needed
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Generative AI can instantly create images, threatening jobs and incomes for professional artists. Tools like Glaze and Nightshade help artists fight back.
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Glaze and Nightshade cloak images to prevent AI from accurately learning an artist's style. Nightshade also teaches AI incorrect associations.
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The tools tip the power balance but aren't complete solutions. AI advances quickly, possibly compromising the cloaks' effectiveness.
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Artists deserve full legal protections. Current copyright law is unclear on AI training datasets. New policies/laws may be needed.
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For now, Glaze and Nightshade offer artists more control and buy time to develop better protections. But the fight continues.